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People of the Phil. Vs. Mark Jason Javier Y Amante

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MARK JASON JAVIER y AMANTE, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 172970 | 2008-02-19

R E S O L U T I O N


CARPIO, J.:

This is an appeal from the 19 April 2006 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00433. The Court of Appeals affirmed with modification the 17 November 2004 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 12, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan finding appellant Mark Jason Javier y Amante guilty beyond reasonable doubt of qualified rape.

On 27 June 2003, the prosecution charged appellant with raping AAA, who was alleged to be six years old at the time of the commission of the crime.

Appellant pleaded not guilty upon arraignment.

During the trial, the prosecution proved that AAA was born on 24...